Men verily swear by him that is greater than themselves, And an oath to confirm the thing, is among them an end of all strife.
¶ Brethren I will speak after the manner of men. Though it be but a man's testament, yet no man despiseth it, or addeth any thing thereto when it is once allowed.
¶ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself,